By: Raquel Pearsall

Youtube has many 360 videos, that take users inside areas they haven’t been, thought of, or learned about yet. You can watch videos of the Amazon rain forest to learn how beautiful it is, and why it’s important to everyone. Or you may even like the tomb explorers who go into a more historical stream via VR. VR has unlimited potentials, amazing graphics, and its an innovated way to teach in the future!

We can see a cute sloth climbing down a tree, while feeling like we’re actually there! If the user has a VR they can literally turn their neck or look up anytime they want for a almost life like true feeling.

This is a great way to give your students an insight to different cultures and areas we must focus on that need help. The Amazon for example, we must promote protection for the trees and animals even if we don’t live there!

By: Raquel Pearsall

Made with Microsoft copilot, 2024

Firstly I’d love to talk about Microsoft Copilot!

Microsoft Reading Coach!

Microsoft Translator:

JAWS:

ZoomText:

Glean:

Dragon Naturally Speaking:

By: Raquel Pearsall

At the end of October we had a fun Hyperdoc that encouraged us to make a game-based study card set. Quizlet is a great website to share study sets with students, where they can create different games to help them learn. And they also have a testing feature students can practice with or the teacher can use them to actually track progress.

Quizlet.com

Were all familiar with this Hyperdoc but now you should reflect and let me know which one was your favorite so far!

References:

https://blackboard.stockton.edu/ultra/courses/_104464_1/grades/assessment/_3690511_1/overview/attempt/_10311057_1?courseId=_104464_1

https://quizlet.com/963294733/learn?funnelUUID=88a2b395-e7c9-45cc-b650-28b931b43665

By: Raquel Pearsall

This week I was excited to find out we were looking into Virtual Trips, and I decided what better to start with than the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History!

Smithsonian logo – https://naturalhistory2.si.edu/vt3/NMNH/?startscene=67&startactions=lookat(110,10,41,0,0);

This museum is #1 in Washington, D.C.! Not only is it free to the public, but it’s huge and you’ll find something new every time you go! Virtually you can access permanent, current, or past exhibits with just a touch of a button. Within these exhibits you can learn more about Extinction, Evolution, Fossils, ‘African voices’, types of Oceanic life, and human/animal origins.

https://naturalhistory2.si.edu/vt3/NMNH/?startscene=67&startactions=lookat(110,10,40.4,0,0);

Come stop by to learn something new, feel like you actually took a trip without moving a muscle, or to gain knowledge on our past in general!

https://naturalhistory2.si.edu/vt3/NMNH/?startscene=67&startactions=lookat(110.1,9.95,20.02,0,0);

By: Raquel Pearsall

Img from: Wakele.com

References: https://wakelet.com/wake/6c53e8c8-1ee8-4668-8be9-42fdd3c47c30

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/translator/education

By: Raquel Pearsall

This Global Education Checklist will keep your students up to date on everything, and keep you on track for future lesson plans!

https://cpet.tc.columbia.edu/news-press/changing-minds-global-learning-mindsets-for-the-21st-century

Things it covers:

• Global Connections -Knowledge, skills, participation
• Culture -Skills, Knowledge
• Global Issues– Knowledge, Skills, participation

This tool even helps one find oppritunities to study abroad, great selections of textbooks, and faculty help!

Come check it out at; https://globalocityeducation.weebly.com/uploads/5/7/6/6/57667575/global_education_checklist.pdf

By:Raquel Pearsall

Web Tools 2108-001

There was a discussion recently held by the head of Climatology and Geophysics Agency, Dwikorita Karnawati on October 16th, 2023. The main purpose is to emphasize the importance of global collaboration while we try to address the climate change resulting in the huge water crisis.

“Dwikorita revealed that many countries worldwide face disparities in capacity and resilience in dealing with the impact to climate change, especially concerning technology. She stressed that there is a significant gap between developed countries and developing nations, as well as impoverished and island nations in addressing this issue.

Therefore, collaboration among various stakeholders is essential in addressing the consequences of climate change and extreme weather events, (WorldWaterForum, 2023)”.

We must take the water crisis into our own hands as well;

• Turn the water off while you brush your teeth
• Don’t buy plastic water bottles, begin using reusable
• Shorter showers, or turn the water on low as you lather up
• Try to only wash clothes or dishes when system is full, record how much you use

The Water Management District in Southwest Florida, has been providing students and teachers with the ability to pledge they won’t overuse water and try to conserve 10 gallons of water daily! https://www.swfwmd.state.fl.us/residents/water-conservation

“Once a class completes the online challenge, they will receive a free conservation challenge kit that includes a class conservation poster, watershed stickers, home water use surveys, leak detection tablets, bookmarks and pencils. They will also be able to develop a plan for a conservation activity through the web page, (Southwest Florida Water Management District, 2009)”.

References:

Lindsay, J. (2016, May 16). You are a global educator. It’s time to start thinking like one. eSchool News. Retrieved September 25, 2024, from https://www.eschoolnews.com/district-management/2016/05/16/you-are-a-global-educator-its-time-to-start-acting-like-one/

Municipality of Yarmouth. (2023, August 23). Water Conservation Practices Can Have a Lasting Impact! Municipality of Yarmouth. Retrieved September 25, 2024, from https://munyarmouth.ca/index.php/community/recent-news-updates/715-water-conservation-practices-can-have-a-lasting-impact

Southwest Florida Water Management District. (2009, April). Online tool helps students pledge to conserve water. Watermatters. https://www.swfwmd.state.fl.us/about/newsroom/news/online-tool-helps-students-pledge-conserve-water

WorldWaterForum. (2023, May 23). Global Collaboration in Response to the Climate-Induced Water Crisis. 10TH WORLD WATER FORUM. Retrieved September 25, 2024, from https://worldwaterforum.org/blog/news-3/global-collaboration-in-response-to-the-climate-induced-water-crisis-84

By : Raquel Pearsall

September 21st, 2024

You might ask what is a digital footprint? Or ‘do I have one already? ’The answer is Yes!

“Digital footprints contain valuable information about individuals’ identities, preferences, behaviors, and connections, making them a rich source of intelligence for security professionals and private investigators, (XPressGuard, 2024)”. Any interaction online leaves a digital footprint!

In my future profession as a criminologist, I’d haveto study and evaluate others’ digital footprint topossibly find them, their connections, or evenpossible future intentions.

Types of Digital footprints:

Social Platforms, (Tzu, 2014).

“Despite the emphasis on positive digital footprints as students go forward to college and job applications, in-the-moment actions can often lead to regrets (Crompton, 2020, pg16,ph2)”. At any age you must be aware of what you post or talk aboutpublicly online. What you might agree on today, you might notnext week. Always try to be respectful to your peers andconscious in your posts.

If you’d like, watch LPUB Academic center’s take on digital footprints below!